Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
April 1984 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1984
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1984Give one reason why a compound (divided) bar chart might be chosen over a simple bar chart when comparing rainfall from two different rain gauges each month.
- 2nd April 1984Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
- 3rd April 1984Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
- 4th April 1984A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
- 5th April 1984What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
- 6th April 1984Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
- 7th April 1984A supermarket can import strawberries flown a distance of 8,400 km, or buy strawberries grown 240 km away in the UK. Calculate how many times further the imported strawberries travel than the UK-grown ones.
- 8th April 1984State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
- 9th April 1984What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
- 10th April 1984Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
- 11th April 1984Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
- 12th April 1984Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
- 13th April 1984Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
- 14th April 1984State one reason why a pie chart, rather than a bar chart, is the better choice for showing how a household's monthly budget is divided between four spending categories.
- 15th April 1984On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
- 16th April 1984What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
- 17th April 1984A storage tank collects water from a roof with an area of 40 square metres. In a storm, 10mm of rain falls and the system captures 90 percent of it. Calculate the volume collected, in litres.
- 18th April 1984State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
- 19th April 1984Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
- 20th April 1984State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 21st April 1984Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 22nd April 1984Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 23rd April 1984Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 24th April 1984Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 25th April 1984What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 26th April 1984What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 27th April 1984Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 28th April 1984Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 29th April 1984Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 30th April 1984In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?